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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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