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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches 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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