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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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