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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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