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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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