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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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