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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates 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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