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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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