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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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