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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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