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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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