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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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