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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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