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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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