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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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