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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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