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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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