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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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