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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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