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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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