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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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