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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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