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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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