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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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