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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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