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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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