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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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