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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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