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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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