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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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