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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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