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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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