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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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