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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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