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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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