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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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