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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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