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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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