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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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