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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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