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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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