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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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