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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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