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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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