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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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