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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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