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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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