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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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