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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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