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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources