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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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