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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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