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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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