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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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