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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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