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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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