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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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