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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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