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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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