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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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