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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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