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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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