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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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