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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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