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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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