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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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