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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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