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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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