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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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