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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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