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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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