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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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