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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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