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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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