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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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