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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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