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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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