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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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