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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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