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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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