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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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