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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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