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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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