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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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