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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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