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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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