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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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