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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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