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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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