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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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