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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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