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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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