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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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