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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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