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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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