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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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