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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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