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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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