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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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