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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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