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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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