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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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