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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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