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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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