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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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