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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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