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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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