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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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