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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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