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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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