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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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