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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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