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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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