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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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