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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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