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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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