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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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