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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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