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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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