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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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