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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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