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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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