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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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