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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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