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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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