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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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