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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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