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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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