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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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