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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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