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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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