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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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