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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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