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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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