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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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