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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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