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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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