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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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