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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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