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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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