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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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