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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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