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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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