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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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