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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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