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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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