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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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