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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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