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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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