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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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