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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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