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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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