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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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