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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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