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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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