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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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