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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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