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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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