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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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