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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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