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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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