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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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