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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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