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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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