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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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