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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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