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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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