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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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