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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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