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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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