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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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