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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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