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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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