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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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