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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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