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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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