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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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