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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates 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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