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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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