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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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