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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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