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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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