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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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