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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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