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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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