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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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