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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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