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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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