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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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