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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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