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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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