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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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