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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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