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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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