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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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