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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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