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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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