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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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