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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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