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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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