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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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