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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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