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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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