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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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