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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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