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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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