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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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