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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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