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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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