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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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