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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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