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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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