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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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