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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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