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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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