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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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