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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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