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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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