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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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