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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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