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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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