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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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