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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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