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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. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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