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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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