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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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