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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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