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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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