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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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