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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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