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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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