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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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