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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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