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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes 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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