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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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