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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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