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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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