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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable 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. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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