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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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