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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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