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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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