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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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