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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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