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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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