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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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