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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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