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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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