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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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