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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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