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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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