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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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