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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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