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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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