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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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