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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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