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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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