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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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