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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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