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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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