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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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