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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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