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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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