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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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