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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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