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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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