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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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