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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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