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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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