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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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