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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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