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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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