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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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