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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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