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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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