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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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