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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education