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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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