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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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