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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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