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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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