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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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