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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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