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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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