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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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