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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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