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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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