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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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