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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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