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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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