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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key 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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