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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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