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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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