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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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