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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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