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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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