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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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