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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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