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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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