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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key 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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