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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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