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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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