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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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