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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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