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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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