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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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