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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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