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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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