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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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