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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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