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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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