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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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