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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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