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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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