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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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