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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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