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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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