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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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