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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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