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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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