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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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