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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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