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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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