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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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