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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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