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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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