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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines 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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