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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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