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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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