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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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