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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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