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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources