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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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