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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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