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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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