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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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