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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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