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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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