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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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