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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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