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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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