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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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