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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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