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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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