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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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