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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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