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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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