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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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