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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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