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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. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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