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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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