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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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