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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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