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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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