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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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