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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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