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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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