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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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