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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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