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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major 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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