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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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