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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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