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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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