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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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