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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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