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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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