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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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