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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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