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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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