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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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