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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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