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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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