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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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