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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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