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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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