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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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