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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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