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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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