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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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