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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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