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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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