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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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