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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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