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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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