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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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