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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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