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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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