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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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