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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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