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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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