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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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