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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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