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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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