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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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