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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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