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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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