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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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