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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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