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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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