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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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