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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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