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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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