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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the 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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