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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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