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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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