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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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