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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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