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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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