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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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