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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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