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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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