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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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