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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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