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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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