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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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