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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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