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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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