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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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