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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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