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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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