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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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