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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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