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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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