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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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