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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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