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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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