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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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