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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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