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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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