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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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