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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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