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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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