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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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