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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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