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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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