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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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