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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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