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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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