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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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