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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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