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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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