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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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