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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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