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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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