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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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