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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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