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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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