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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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