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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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