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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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