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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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 classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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