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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers 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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