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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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