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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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