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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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