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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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