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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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