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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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