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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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