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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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