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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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