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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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