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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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