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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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