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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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