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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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