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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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