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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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