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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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