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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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