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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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