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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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