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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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