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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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