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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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