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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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