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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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