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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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