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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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