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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses 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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