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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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