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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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