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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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