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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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