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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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