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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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