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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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