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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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