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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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