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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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