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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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