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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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