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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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