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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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