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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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