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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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