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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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