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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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