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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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