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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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