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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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