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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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