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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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