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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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