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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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