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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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