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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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