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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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