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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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