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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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