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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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