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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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