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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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